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Jan . 06 . 2016 info@hydroalliance.ca 0 Comment community member piece, traditional ecological knowledge

Jackson Osborne, a Cree elder and resident of Pimicikamak Cree Nation (Cross Lake), has been collecting traditional knowledge on and about the history of his nation’s traditional land for about thirty years. He has dedicated his life to documenting changes occurring in the natural environment, along Pimicikamak’s shorelines and its surrounding environments, through photos and videos. Recently

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Power North: Positive Action Plan
Dec . 02 . 2015 info@hydroalliance.ca 0 Comment advocacy, Manitoba Hydro

Interchurch Council of Hydropower: Power North: Positive Action Plan   More and more non-Indigenous Canadians feel a need for reconciliation with Indigenous people. They believe there is a need to make things right, to live together in a better way. But what exactly might reconciliation look like? Hydropower in Manitoba provides a good example. Manitobans are plugged into

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A Sad Sort Of Clean: Hydropower In Northern Manitoba
Nov . 21 . 2015 info@hydroalliance.ca 0 Comment Manitoba Hydro

The gallery exhibition offers a multi disciplinary perspective of the effects of hydropower in northern Manitoba. Through personal stories, portrait, and paintings we are offered a small window into the deep and personal impacts hydro development has had on culture, families, infrastructure, the economy, and the environment. The exhibit will be on display until January 23rd, and pieces will be ava

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The Time for Reconciliation is Now
Nov . 01 . 2015 info@hydroalliance.ca 0 Comment Manitoba Hydro

Manitoba Hydro fundamentally alters the five largest rivers in the province and six of the 12 largest lakes. It does so according to values and oversight mechanisms from the past. That is bound to change. The question is, how soon? Hydro has had its way with Manitoba's water for 50 years. The extensive, ongoing damage it causes to traditional industries, community well-being and ecosystems ha

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Province Releases CEC Report on Lake Winnipeg Regulation
Oct . 19 . 2015 info@hydroalliance.ca 0 Comment Lake Winnipeg Regulation

“The report presents a substantial and thoughtful approach to the regulation of one of our most important water bodies, Lake Winnipeg,” Minister Nevakshonoff said.  “Thank you to members of the commission and all those who took part in the public hearings.  I commend your commitment to ensuring Manitoba is a sustainable province today and for future generations.” The report was comple

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